Alison Knowles (born 1933) in New York City is an American visual artist known for her soundworks*, installations*, performances*, and publications. Knowles was very active in the Fluxus* movement,... Read full biography
Alison Knowles (born 1933) in New York City is an American visual artist known for her soundworks*, installations*, performances*, and publications. Knowles was very active in the Fluxus* movement, and continues to create work inspired by her Fluxus experience. She has created work that... Read full biography
Alison Knowles (born 1933) in New York City is an American visual artist known for her soundworks*, installations*, performances*, and publications. Knowles was very active in the Fluxus* movement, and continues to create work inspired by her Fluxus experience. She has created work that incorporates performance, radio, and sound, papermaking, and printmaking. She briefly attended Middlebury College and graduated from the Pratt Institute* in New York with an honors degree in fine art. Knowles... Read full biography
Alison Knowles (born 1933) in New York City is an American visual artist known for her soundworks*, installations*, performances*, and publications. Knowles was very active in the Fluxus* movement, and continues to create work inspired by her Fluxus experience. She has created work that incorporates performance, radio, and sound, papermaking, and printmaking. She briefly attended Middlebury College and graduated from the Pratt Institute* in New York with an honors degree in fine art. Knowles was married to the Fluxus artist and prominent intermedia theorist, Dick Higgins, from 1960 to 1970, and again from 1984 until Higgins' death in 1998. In 2000, Knowles began casting flax paper to make musical instruments. The Bean Turner, Rattles, and... Read full biography
Alison Knowles (born 1933) in New York City is an American visual artist known for her soundworks*, installations*, performances*, and publications. Knowles was very active in the Fluxus* movement, and continues to create work inspired by her Fluxus experience. She has created work that incorporates performance, radio, and sound, papermaking, and printmaking. She briefly attended Middlebury College and graduated from the Pratt Institute* in New York with an honors degree in fine art. Knowles was married to the Fluxus artist and prominent intermedia theorist, Dick Higgins, from 1960 to 1970, and again from 1984 until Higgins' death in 1998. In 2000, Knowles began casting flax paper to make musical instruments. The Bean Turner, Rattles, and Wings and Drums use beans for sound with the aid of text, toys and silence. Knowles studied with the painters... Read full biography
Alison Knowles - Artist Info
About Alison Knowles: Books
Books & Publications (12)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Art Metropole: The Top 100 (National Gallery of Canada) (Exhibition catalog)
2006
Scott, Kitty et al
137 pages
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Connections: 4 Artists Projects: Celebrating 25 Years of Bringing Contemporary Art and Community Together (Exhibition catalog)
2001
Davison, Liane et al
104 pages
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Printed Art: A View of Two Decades
1980
Castleman, Riva
144 pages (color)
Image Bank Post Card Show
1977
Acconci, Vito et al
49 pages (color)
SoHo, New York Downtown Mahhattan/Berliner Festwochen (Exhibition catalog)